Skandapurana 4.24.182

4.24.182

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvāddhe śivaśarmanirvāṇaprāpaṇaṃ nāma caturviṃśodhyāyaḥ .. 24 ..

Vyāsa said:
Listen, Sūta, I will recount the story of the pot-born [sage],
hearing which a man becomes free from passion and a vessel of knowledge. (1)
Having circumambulated the mountain named Śrī,
the pot-born one, together with his wife, then beheld the vast, charming grove of Skanda, (2)
filled with flowers in all seasons, with trees bearing succulent fruits,
rich in edible roots and tubers, with trees having excellent bark, (3)
frequented by herds of wild beasts, surrounded by rivers and pools,
with clear and deep lakes, the supreme essence of all the earth, (4)
resounding with various birds, inhabited by diverse sages,
as if it were the sole gathering-place of austerity and the abode of prosperity. (5)
There is a mountain there named Lohita, possessing the splendour of the golden mountain,
with lovely caves and waterfalls, its ridges shining like peaks, (6)
as if it were a single piece of Kailāsa that had descended here into the realm of action
to practice austerity intensely, endowed with many wonders. (7)
There the best of sages, Agastya, beheld the six-faced one in person.
Having bowed prostrate on the ground together with his wife, the one of great austerity (8)
praised the son of Girijā with hymns originating from the Vedas
and with a hymn of his own composition, with his hands folded in reverence. (9)
Agastya said:
Salutations to the one whose lotus feet are worshipped by the host of gods, who creates nectar,
who has six faces, boundless valour, and is the source of joy to Gaurī’s heart! (10)
Salutations to you, who removes the distress of the surrendered, the fulfiller of all wishes,
the granter of chariots for crossing over, the slayer of the fierce demon Tāraka! (11)
To the unformed yet formed, of a thousand forms, possessing qualities, the locus of qualities, higher than the high,
beyond the boundless shore, beyond the prior and the posterior, salutations to you whose mount is the peacock! (12)
Salutations to you, the best among knowers of Brahman, clad in space, abiding in the firmament,
golden-hued, golden-armed; salutations to the golden one, the golden-seeded! (13)
To the one whose nature is austerity, rich in austerity, the bestower of the fruits of austerity...